Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Toward a New Critical Paradigm
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-09621-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 720 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society

Studying the case of Latin American cinema, this book analyzes one of the most public - and most exportable- forms of postcolonial national culture to argue that millennial era globalization demands entirely new frameworks for thinking about the relationship between politics, culture, and economic policies. Concerns that globalization would bring the downfall of national culture were common in the 1990s as economies across the globe began implementing neoliberal, free market policies and abolishing state protections for culture industries. Simultaneously, new technologies and the increased mobility of people and information caused others to see globalization as an era of heightened connectivity and progressive contact. Twenty-five years later, we are now able to examine the actual impact of globalization on local and regional cultures, especially those of postcolonial societies. Tracing the full life-cycle of films and studying blockbusters like City of God, Motorcycle Diaries, and Children of Men this book argues that neoliberal globalization has created a highly ambivalent space for cultural expression, one willing to market against itself as long as the stories sell. The result is an innovative and ground-breaking text suited to scholars interested in globalization studies, Latin-American studies and film studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcclennen, Sophia A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Globalisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- Section One: Process.- 2. Coproduction.- 3. Distribution.- 4. Exhibition.- Section Two: Place.- 5. Argentina.- 6. Brazil.- 7. Mexico.- Coda.-  8. On Location: Is Titanic a Mexican Movie?.

Über Autor(innen)

Sophia A. McClennen is Associate Director of the School of International Affairs, Director of the Center for Global Studies, and Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University.